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I'm copying and pasting a lot of citations, and the formatting comes out of my browser, into my document. I use the "dark reader" extension in Chrome so all of my text is wrongly formatted when it is pasted into my word document.

How do I remove formatting by pressing a hotkey?

This seems to be working in 2013 - 2020 (please let me know if you've tested other versions).

Wolfpack'08
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  • Thank you very much for the interesting content, but the questions are a little dissimilar. The title of that post is jargony and misleading rather than using laymen's language, and the responses are for a different version of word (a much more technical solution is requierd). An answer was never accepted, and the goal is to "remove formatting" (not seen on that page). – Wolfpack'08 Jan 23 '20 at 05:51
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    [This](https://superuser.com/a/648707/911683) answer on the question that @harrymc mentioned does exactly what you're looking for. It's just not a single hotkey. You haven't told us which version of Word you're using, so you're going to get generic answers, but I tested this in Word 2016 and it works there too. – Worthwelle Jan 24 '20 at 14:43
  • Thanks, Worthwelle. The reason I didn't want to delete this posted (though I don't mind having it closed in the slightest) is because I polled people and nobody knew what special paste meant. XD – Wolfpack'08 Jan 25 '20 at 01:21
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    That's perfectly valid and is the whole reason we have duplicates. This way there are multiple ways to find the information. :) – Worthwelle Jan 25 '20 at 03:17
  • @Worthwelle Really appreciate the info. Helps me to keep it from getting to my head. I had thought the info would be hidden from the public eye prior to this comment line. Thank you! – Wolfpack'08 Jan 25 '20 at 05:35

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Tap ctrl and press m--merge formatting--, or t--text only.

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